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Steven Soderbergh Explains Why AI ‘Turned Out to Be Perfect’ for John Lennon ‘Last Interview’ Doc

Rolling Stone·Jon Blistein·27 days ago
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The director detailed two sequences where AI was used to create funny, surreal images to complement portions where Lennon and Yoko Ono speak in more abstract, philosophical terms Filmmaker Stephen Soderbergh defended and explained his decision to use some generative artificial intelligence in his upcoming documentary centered around John Lennon’s final interview . Announced last year, John Lennon : The Last Interview features the audio from an interview Lennon and Yoko Ono gave to RKO Radio on Dec. 8, 1980, just hours before Lennon was murdered . Soderbergh paired much of the audio with archival material, offered up with the support of Lennon’s estate. But during the moments when Lennon and Ono started to get philosophical and abstract, Soderbergh decided a different kind of visual accompaniment was needed.…

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